Continuation of the Story of Vikramáditya king of Ujjayiní 593 Story of Kalingasená's marriage 593-611 How Devasena obtained the magic ointment 594 Story of the grateful monkey 596-597 Story of the two princesses 598-599 Story of Dhanadatta 600-601 Story of Kesata and Kandarpa 601-610 Story of Kusumáyudha and Kamalalochaná 606-607 Chapter CXXIV. Conclusion of the story of Kalingasená's marriage 611-614 Story of Chandrasvámin 611-612 Conclusion of the story of Vikramáditya king of Ujjayiní 614-624 Story of Devasvámin 616-617 Story of Agnisarman 617-618 Story of Múladeva 618-624 Conclusion of the story of Naraváhanadatta son of Udayana 624 Conclusion of the Kathá Sarit Ságara 625 TRANSLATION OF THE KATHÁ SARIT SÁGARA OR OCEAN OF THE STREAMS OF STORY. BOOK I. CALLED KATHÁPÍTHA CHAPTER I. May the dark neck of Siva, which the god of love has, so to speak, surrounded with nooses in the form of the alluring looks of Párvatí reclining on his bosom, assign to you prosperity. May that victor of obstacles, [1] who after sweeping away the stars with his trunk in the delirious joy of the evening dance, seems to create others with the spray issuing from his hissing [2] mouth, protect you. After worshipping the goddess of Speech, the lamp that illuminates countless objects, [3] I compose this collection which contains the pith of the Vríhat-Kathá. The first book in my collection is called Kathápítha, then comes Kathámukha, then the third book named Lávánaka, then follows Naraváhanadattajanana, and then the book called Chaturdáriká, and then Madanamanchuká, then the seventh book named Ratnaprabhá, and then the eighth book named Súryaprabhá, then Alankáravatí, then Saktiyasas, and then the eleventh book called Velá, then comes Sasánkavatí, and then Madirávatí, then comes the book called Pancha followed by Mahábhisheka, and then Suratamanjarí, then Padmávatí, and then will follow the eighteenth book Vishamasíla. This book is precisely on the model of that from which it is taken, there is not even the slightest deviation, only such language is selected as tends to abridge the prolixity of the work; the observance of propriety and natural connexion, and the joining together of the portions of the poem so as not to interfere with the spirit of the stories, are as far as possible kept in view: I have not made this attempt through desire of a reputation for ingenuity, but in order to facilitate the recollection of a multitude of various tales.